DRC - Coverage of army colonel's murder in Nord-Kivu censored

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns attempts by military and civilian officials in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu to prevent journalists from covering the spectacular murder of an army colonel, Mamadou Ndala, in an ambush near the city of Beni on 2 January. Several journalists in Beni and the neighbouring Butembo region have been the targets of intimidation attempts in the course of trying to report on the murder. “We condemn the threats that civilian and military officials have made (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - jeudi 23 janvier 2014